“So do the noble fall. For they are ever caught in a trap of their own making. A trap — walled by duty, and locked by reality. Against the greater force they must fall — for, against that force they fight because of duty, because of obligations. And when the noble fall, the base remain. The base — whose only purpose is the corruption of what the noble did protect. Whose only purpose is to destroy. The noble: who, even when fallen, retain a vestige of strength. For theirs is a strength born of things other than mere force. Theirs is a strength supreme… theirs is the strength — to restore.”
—Gerry Conway.
